Section 402 Historical Differences
However, later, as soon as Zhao Xu heard that Zhang Dian and Cai Jing actually left the capital at the same time, and after leaving Beijing, they actually left by boat from the Bianhe River at the same time.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu suddenly woke up, where are Zhang Dian and Cai Jing praying for him! It's just going out of Beijing to hide.
Later, Cai Bian's letter confirmed Zhao Xu's thoughts, and in the half day after Cai Bian's subordinates entered Beijing, after the investigation and statistics of all the officials of the Imperial City Division, more than half of the officials of the reform faction chose to leave Beijing suddenly during this time.
In fact, among the ministers of the reform faction, there are not too many people who really trust Cai Bian's father and son's remarks, but the accuracy of Cai Dao's dream is too high, so that most of the ministers can only choose to avoid the limelight for the time being after weighing the pros and cons. Because they are not brothers Zhang Dian and Cai, no matter how much Zhao Xu favors them now, but once he encounters a natural disaster, no favor can escape the bloody knife of public opinion.
In this, the only thing that Zhao Xu and the other ministers of the law change faction did not expect was Zhang Dan's actions at this time.
You know, in the Yuanfeng years, Zhang Dian has already achieved the position of deputy privy envoy and deputy prime minister, he returned to Beijing this time, is to run to the position of Shangshu's left servant and the door servant, even if he became, Shangshu's right servant and Zhongshu Shilang were considered failures. But why would he believe Cai Dao's words?
The reason is very simple, because when he was demoted to Lingnan, it was Cai Dao who secretly sent someone to help Zhang Du's family avoid the tormented years in Lingnan, and it was precisely because of his help that Zhang Du's family was saved from suffering from Xiang Wang Gong's family in Lingnan.
It can be said that several of Zhang's children and grandchildren were rescued by Cai Dao.
Therefore, Zhang Xuan was naturally very convinced by the words of this junior of the Cai family, and Zhao Xu's recruitment of Lu Huiqing into Beijing this time was another reason.
As the former leader of the ministers of the law-changing faction, except for Lu Huiqing, there is no one else with higher qualifications than Zhang Dan. Therefore, Lu Huiqing's entry into Beijing this time must be a huge obstacle and threat to his ascension to the post of prime minister. Because, no one can guess Zhao Xu's intention of recruiting Lu Huiqing into Beijing.
Since Cai Dao said that there would be a disaster, Zhang Dian didn't mind embarrassing Zhao Xu and Lu Huiqing a little. Besides, he had an even more vicious plan in his heart. If there really is a natural disaster, he will not mind uprooting the conservative forces at all, and when the time comes, the public opinion of the world will naturally fall to his side.
Sure enough, Zhao Xu was very angry after this incident, so he took the initiative to meet with the ministers of the law-changing faction who were still in Bianliang City on the same day.
Lu Huiqing is naturally the first.
And forgiveness is the second.
Originally, Xing Shu did not receive Cai Bian's letter, but he was lucky that he happened to be a guest at the mansion of another minister of the law change, and when he learned the news, he was ready to return to his mansion and leave Bianliang City immediately. However, as soon as he received Zhao Xu's edict, he immediately changed his mind.
Of course, the choice of the two of them soon reaped their respective rewards.
Unlike the history of later generations.
Soon, before Cai Jing and Zhang Dian arrived at Baiyun Temple, everyone in Baiyun Temple received the news.
Lu Huiqing was appointed as Shangshu's right servant and Zhongshu Shilang, while Su Song, who was originally in this position, was removed from Shangshu's right servant, and he only retained the position of Zhongshu Shilang, changing from the original positive phase to the deputy minister. At the same time, Zhao Xu is also preparing to remove the original three less important deputy ministers together, leaving only Fan Chunren in office, and Xing Shu and Yang Wei Shangshu Zuocheng and Shangshu Youcheng.
The punishment finally got his wish and became the prime minister, even if it was a deputy position, he still happily took office. However, what people didn't expect was that Yang Wei, the pseudo-conservative minister who was the first to choose to defect to Zhao Xu, chose to reject Zhao Xu's appointment. On the one hand, he felt that his current qualifications were still too weak, and after betraying Lu Dafang, he suddenly rose to a high position, which would definitely attract criticism.
What's more, after seeing Cai Dao, Yang Wei always had a feeling of being seen through, this feeling was indescribable, but it always lingered in his heart. In Bianliang City, because of the deliberate spread of torture, on the second day after Zhang Dian and Cai Jing left Beijing, many people had already heard of Cai Dao's dream, including Zhao Xu.
However, there are not many people who believe in it, Lu Huiqing doesn't believe it, Lu Dafang also doesn't believe it, but Xiao Zhao Xu is hesitant, on the one hand, he is the emperor, and he firmly believes that he is the true son of heaven, so he should naturally be favored by God. is different, at the same time, he used to pass through Cai Dao's dreams, as long as it was said by this Luo Guozi, it had never been unfulfilled.
This awkward feeling made Zhao Xu and Yang Wei very uncomfortable.
In the end, this gentleman and a minister chose a different way to deal with it.
Yang Wei chose to reject Zhao Xu's appointment, and hid behind his back to give advice to Zhao Xu, of course, this also caused Zhao Xu not to trust him as much as before.
And Zhao Xu chose to believe that he was destined to return. This is also a reason why Lu Huiqing and his reputation were not estimated, and he was forcibly appointed as the prime minister. As a result, the original establishment of six prime ministers and deputy prime ministers, because of Yang Wei's refusal, was so vacant.
If you want to say that you don't regret your original decision, the two brothers Zhang Dian and the Cai brothers must have regretted it now.
However, at this time, they can only choose to continue to believe in the prophecies in Cai Daomeng.
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Fortunately, Cai Dao did not disappoint them for long.
In March of the eighth year of Yuanyou, that is, the first year of Shaosheng, the local government of Pennsylvania received news that Lingfang County in the state had an extremely rare phenomenon of subsidence on a certain day in mid-February.
In May, an earthquake struck the Gyeonggi area, which was felt strongly, and although it did not cause widespread damage or casualties to the buildings and people in Bianliang City, it also caused panic.
It was also in this year, from the beginning of April to the end of August, that it began to rain continuously in Jinai, Jingxi, Huainan, and Hebei Zhulu.
How terrible is this heavy rain?
According to the news gathered by the Seven Color Leaders under Zhulu's subordinates, it has been raining heavily in these areas for nearly five months, and it has been non-stop day and night, and there is a lot of water. Zhao Xu had to send an edict to open all the palaces and temples in Bianliang City and these places for five days, and the governors of his prefectures would go to pray to God.
Shang Shuzuo's servant shot Lu Dafang, Deputy Prime Minister Fan Chunren and Su Song were so smart, and the three of them had already taken the initiative to stand up in the main hall when the Beijing earthquake was in Beijing and asked Zhao Xu to be exempted from the official and punished.
Zhao Xu had this plan, but at this time, Lu Huiqing and Xing Shu were a little afraid. It was only an earthquake with a small seismic intensity, and the damage and casualties caused were not serious, and it was not in accordance with the rules to remove the three prime ministers and deputy prime ministers at once. Besides, it's only May, so there's still a long way to go!
After that, if the disasters continue to continue, how should Lu Huiqing and Xing Shu deal with themselves when the time comes?
For this first point, no one dares to pack a ticket.